1945 Collection (page 6)

Christmas carol singing in the days of Charles Dickens Date: 1945

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 46582 (msn 3035), on display at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL. (To US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6582; Lend-Lease to Brazil in 1944 as FAB 21)

Music cover, Mister Snow, from Carousel
Music cover, Mister Snow, song by Rodgers and Hammerstein from the film Carousel Date: 1945

Music cover, Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry, popular Irish song, arranged by Walter Collins, featured and broadcast by Barbara Mullen Date: 1945

Maudslay lathe. Date: circa 1945

Bust sculptured by Henry Weekes of Henry Maudslay
Photograph of bust sculptured by Henry Weekes and now at IMechEof Henry Maudslay. Date: circa 1945

Bust sculptured by Henry Weekes of Joseph Maudslay
Photograph of bust sculptured by Henry Weekes and now at IMechEof Jospeh Maudslay. Date: circa 1945

Engine test of machinery by Lawrence Hathaway, Member of IMechE, at his Trinity Pumps Company, Gobowen. The company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire engines and then cars

Coventry Climax Engines (L Hathaway Ltd) fire engine, where Laurence Hathaway worked during Second World War [WWII]. Hathaway's company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire

Daily Worker building, 75 Farringdon Road, London
The newly acquired Daily Worker building at 75 Farringdon Road, London, a former brushmakers warehouse. The newspaper's previous offices had been destroyed during the Blitz

Daily Worker staff examining building alteration plans following the acquisition of new premises at 75 Farringdon Road, London. Date: circa 1945

BELTRAME, Achille (1871-1945). Second Boer War. Battle of Colenso, December 15, 1899. Boer forces led by Louis Botha defeated the English army of General Sir Redvers Buller. Engraving

BELTRAME, Achille (1871-1945). Battle in Transwaal in October 1899, during the Second Boer War. Engraving

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠'Untitled
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨1886-1945). Untitled. Expressionism. Oil on canvas

Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind. Showing how the use of atomic explosives could be used on ambitious engineering works

Churchill, Truman and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), American President Harrys Truman (1884-1972) and Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)

Sukarno, First President of Indonesia
Sukarno (Kusno Sosrodihardjo, 1901-1970), first President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967. Date: circa 1940s

George Thomas, British Labour Party politician
Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy (1909-1997), British Labour Party politician, MP from 1945 to 1983, best known as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983

Ken Livingstone with Adrian Edmonson and Rik Mayall
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician (centre). Seen here Adrian Edmondson (Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson)

Jacqueline Du Pre, celebrated British cellist
Jacqueline Mary Du Pre (1945-1987), celebrated British cellist who, sadly, stopped performing at the age of 28 and died at the age of 42 as a result of multiple sclerosis. Date: circa 1970s

Daniel Ortega with Archbishop Robert Runcie
Daniel Ortega (Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra, b 1945), member of the Nicaraguan Junta of National Reconstruction 1979-1985, then 79th President of Nicaragua 1985-1990 and 83rd President 2007-present

Ho Chi Minh 1969 Vietnamese Communism Communist
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Ken Livingstone and Tony Banks at the GLC
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), and Tony Banks (Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford, 1943-2006), British Labour politicians and MPs

Ken Livingstone, British Labour politician
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician. Seen here with flags or bunting outside County Hall, London, where he was leader of the GLC. Date: circa 1980s

Ken Livingstone with The Flying Pickets
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician. Seen here in front of the GLC premises at County Hall, London, with the Flying Pickets

Ho Chi Minh, Bill Alexander and John Collan
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and Dictator, Prime Minister (1946-1955) and President (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)

Ho Chi Minh, communist leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and Dictator, Prime Minister (1946-1955) and President (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)

Winston Churchill Cabinet Room 10 Downing Street
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Clement Richard Attlee giving a speech
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951. Seen here giving a speech on behalf of the Labour Party

Clement Richard Attlee, Armistice Day procession
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951

Gerry Adams and Ken Livingstone in London
Gerry Adams (Gerard Adams, b 1948), Irish republican politician, President of Sinn Fein, and Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician

Norman Dodds MP and Teddy boys
Norman Noel Dodds (1903-1965), Cooperative politician pictured talking to some Teddy boys in a bar or pub. MP for Dartford from 1945-1955 and for Erith

Norman Dodds MP
Norman Noel Dodds (1903-1965), Labour Cooperative politician. MP for Dartford from 1945-55 and for Erith and Crayford from 1955 until his death in 1965, aged 61. Date: c.1950

Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife and her daughters
Louise, Princess Royal of Great Britain, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931), third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, pictured with her two daughters, Alexandra

Prince Henry and Waldemar of Prussia
Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889-1945) with his father, Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia (1862-1929) at Balmoral in the 1890s. Waldemar was the eldest son of Henry and Princess Irene of Hesse

Battle at the Schilberg Cross-roads; Second World War, 1945
Sketch of a battle between British and German troops for control of the cross-roads in the town of Schilberg, Netherlands, 1945

R. A. F. MEMORIAL
This fine modern building is the R.A, F. (Royal Air Force) Memorial, on the island of Runnymede, Surrey, England. Date: 1939 - 1945 war

SOVIET MARINES & WIRE
Soviet Marines (known as The Black Death) in action, cutting wire Date: 1942 - 1945

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle - Republic Thunderbolt
United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas F-15E-47-MC Strike Eagle 89-0485 (msn 1132 / E107) with Republic P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt N4747P (MSN 5513, ex 44-90368)

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

Heinkel He 162A-2 VH515
Royal Aircraft Establishment - Heinkel He 162A-2 VH513 (Werknummer 120227, Air Min 65), (marked as Red 2 of 2/JagdGeschwader 1 when it was captured)

All Saints Anglican church on Wiener StraBe in Dresden
19th century vintage photograph: All Saints Church was an Anglican church on Wiener Strasze in Dresden. It was in the Early English Period of Neo-Gothic architecture

WW2 poster, For a Certain Harvest invest in National Savings. Date: circa 1945

Greetings from Tinkler Field, Oklahoma, USA. Names after Major General Clarence Leonard Tinker, an Osage Native American. The first Native American Major General in US Army history. Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, Forces
The Caption is Good Night Forces. This is a play on the closing words of BBC Forces Radio which broadcast to the BEF. It began in 1940 and finished in 1944 well before this card was posted

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Mary and her Little Lamb
The Caption is Mary and her little lamb. Even though the war is over rationing would continue. The little dog looking on was unlikely to get any of the meat

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Pleasant Reflection
The Caption is A pleasant reflection, The war is over, or is nearly over, and so perhaps there are other things to think about

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Coo - you ought to have seen ours
The Caption reads Coo! You ought to have seen ours. The bombs look like what were called Butterfly bombs. These were anti-personnel weapons dropped for people to pick up

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